Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 06:48:12 +1100 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: bde@zeta.org.au, phk@critter.tfs.com Cc: current@FreeBSD.org, jkh@freefall.freebsd.org, jkh@time.cdrom.com Subject: Re: conf.c and USL copyright at top Message-ID: <199512211948.GAA01616@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>> >> tty_conf.c is more interesting. It could be handled more dynamically >> >> like conf.c. There isn't as much to gain because the analogue of the >> >> major numbers -- the line discipline numbers -- can't be avoided because >> >> there is no by-name user interface. >> >> >Well, we solved the same thing in VFS with a linker-set... >> >> Linker sets can't be used to sove problems related to magic numbers in >> the user interface. >Filesystems have a magic number as well. And this doesn't work. Try `find / -o -fstype msdos'. Fixed in 4.4lite2 by using getvfsbyname() more. >What I meant was that we could register the line-disciplines along the >lines we register VFS's. And change the user interface...? Bruce
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